NOCTURN is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. NOCTURN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NOCTURN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 51 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NOCTURN is to know. It scores 9 from 7 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 5.4% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NOCTURN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How NOCTURN scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in NOCTURN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 2 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| c | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 463,182.
What stands out about NOCTURN
- NOCTURN begins and ends with the same letter.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does NOCTURN mean in Scrabble?
noun
historical
One of the main sections of the church office of matins, made up of psalms and readings.
Monastic life divided the night prayers into parts, and each nocturn was one such part. The structure shaped how the psalter was spread over the week.
How NOCTURN is used
Nocturn belongs to church history and liturgical writing rather than everyday speech.
- The monks sang the first nocturn before dawn.
- Each nocturn held a fixed number of psalms.
- A manuscript marked where the second nocturn began.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NOCTURN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with NOCTURN
8 longer words begin with NOCTURN.
Shorter words from the letters in NOCTURN
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Common questions about NOCTURN
- Is NOCTURN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NOCTURN, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NOCTURN worth?
- NOCTURN is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NOCTURN mean?
- One of the main sections of the church office of matins, made up of psalms and readings.
- What letters can be added to NOCTURN?
- NOCTURN takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of NOCTURN:
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